South Africa - Lead time to import

Time to import (days)

Time to import (days) in South Africa was 23.00 as of 2012. Its highest value over the past 7 years was 35.00 in 2010, while its lowest value was 23.00 in 2012.

Definition:

Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).

See also:

Year Value
2005 35.00
2006 35.00
2007 35.00
2008 35.00
2009 35.00
2010 35.00
2011 32.00
2012 23.00

Lead time to import, median case (days)

Definition: Lead time to import is the median time (the value for 50 percent of shipments) from port of discharge to arrival at the consignee.

Source: World Bank and Turku School of Economics, Logistic Performance Index Surveys. Data are available online at : http://www.worldbank.org/lpi. Summary results are published in Arvis and others' Connecting to Compete: Trade Logistics in the Global Economy, The Logistics Performance Index and Its Indicators report.

See also:

Year Value
2007 4.00
2010 3.25
2012 3.00

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade facilitation